Security Industry's Hacker-pipming Slammed
The corporate model whereby hackers gravitate towards corporate greed and away from the liberation of data and private resources developed with public funds was pioneered by ISS, Gweds noted. Hackers now work to expose security flaws with the specific intention of selling out and obtaining funding to become a security company, he said.
Security lists like BugTraq become the matter for resume stuffing. "Post to BugTraq, become a well-known gadfly on the list, and, like Sir Dystic, get a high-paying job at Microsoft. It's an interesting progression: post a fix to a bug, work on the resume, release some software and then get offered a good job," Gweeds noted with sarcasm.